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Anthony Mayes brings in Jason Madison to discuss the best of television in the last year. Why did we wait til January 2024? Because The Curse and Fargo hadn't wrapped up yet. Honorable Mentions at 6:02 I Think You Should Leave, How To With John Wilson, Beef, Slow Horses, Reservation Dogs Dear Mama 16:09 #10 Dave 25:15 #9 The Last of Us 33:02 #8 Righteous Gemstones 44:37 #7 Poker Face 48:23 #6 The Curse 53:32 #5 Abbott Elementary 1:10:02 #4 Fargo 1:13:21 #3 Barry 1:16:11 #2 The Bear 1:24:27  #1 Succession 1:31:46 Hijack, The Bad Batch & Winning Time 1:38:12 The Black Shows that got Axed in 2023 1:47:23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Mayes and Jake Hoye wrap up the impressive third season while Eden Liu helicopters to a secluded island for a business meeting. Kendall comes clean, Connor's the eldest son, Greg's going for the Grand Dutchy, and Wambsgans grabs the big piece of chicken as Logan freezes out his kids from the big picture decision making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Dave, Jake and Eden participate in a group therapy succession to decompress from a particularly difficult episode that focused on our man William, but also the far less compelling Maeve and Charlotte. Star Wars and Matrix references abound as this third season rolls along. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Tom, Dave, Jake and Eden have had their control units smuggled out of the park and placed into new bodies. This episode finally reveals who's been pulling the strings this whole time! Join us as we drink bourbon, drop Genre, and shoot all the mirrors because not everyone is handling this quarantine the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Eden, Tom, Jake and Dave hit the hulk button one and enter analysis one last time for the final episode of a tumultuous season of Westworld. Alliances are broken, memories are deleted and our guy Chubbs is in a tub suckin down miniature liquor bottles like candy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Mayes, Tom Haberstroh, Dave Schilling, Jake Hoye and Eden Liu are finally leaving the park and entering the real world with Westworld Season 3. It's been two years since the last episode so we've got plenty to catch up on, as well as the introduction of a whole slate of new characters including Aaron Paul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Tom, Dave, Jake and Eden turn off their emotional affects and break down a third episode that introduced us to Charlotte Hale's life and offered Caleb a new one. Tom really misses Ed Harris, Dave breaks down this week's featurette, and Jake uncorks a poetic theory in another sensational podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Dave, Tom, Jake and Eden spelunk into the massive freezer below Solomon to retrieve the plan to bring humanity to its knees. Tom really misses Logan, Dave is starting to get fussy about the lack of creativity, Eden wishes the show was still intricate, and Jake is too hesitant to drop theory bombs from his prediction plane above the clouds. Only one episode left! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Tom, Dave, Jake and Eden question the nature of their reality and question whether they were watching a re-run with a frustrating episode 2 in this crucially shorter season. Lots of familiar characters come back, some new core directives are assigned, and the introduction of a new potential big bad allow us to get plenty of takes of, compared to the zero bullets fired by QA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Tom, Dave, Jake and Eden movie marathon their way past the halfway point in an episode that was exciting on the surface and gave us "incite" into the mysterious Serac and the Divergent Caleb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden and Corey Hammond untangle the knot once and for all in the epic conclusion of the German Time Traveling Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden and Corey Hammond are quantum entangled going on the inside and outside of a line as they forge onwards into the depths of the time traveling cave that is Dark. One of the most traumatic episodes in the history of the show sets the table for an epic third act. Also, we trace the histories of several important items in the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Mayes, Jake Hoye and Eden Liu are wedding bound under the tuscan sun. Caroline and Shiv share a british cigarette and a twist of the knife, Logan makes Iverson test his mozzarella for poison, Greg climbs the dating ladder, and Kendall has a pool day. Only one more episode left. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden and Corey Hammond try to save the world in both yours and ours by finding out once and for all the identity of the Origin. As the shadow knot continues to twist ever tighter, we do have some moments of levity in the light to discuss Tronte's peculiar penis, Egon's instant alcoholism and just how many St. Christopher's medals are floating around out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden and Corey Hammond travel back to Winden for the final season of time traveling caves and circuitous family trees deeply rooted with trauma. We hit some of our biggest lingering questions from the first two seasons before breaking down the first two new episodes with help from notes written in the Triquetra Notebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden and Papa Mayes get introduced to Laurie Blake with a third episode that flips the narrative on its head. The crew breaks down Laurie's joke to Dr. Manhattan, the contents of her secret briefcase and budding rivalry with Sister Night. Finally, we comb through the Petey Pedia documents for extra nuggets of information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, AC III Eden and Walter Mayes jump on to discuss the new HBO series Watchmen. First we peruse the surface, as half the crew aren't that familiar with the source material, and discuss it's merit's as a stand alone work. Then the Mayes men mine the episode for easter eggs and thematic fibers that carry over into the new show from the 1986 graphic novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden and AC discover their family trees, have three minutes to decide the future of their legacy, and squirt themselves with oil before sliding into a sewer drain while tackling another thrilling episode of Watchmen. The show continues to impress and the deliver compelling mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden, and Papa Mayes talk about the elephant in the room with another explosive episode of Watchmen. Just as we get answers even more complex questions present themselves as we close in on the end of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden, AC and Papa Mayes were always supposed to recorded this podcast, they had no choice. A Dr. Manhattan centric episode brings us to the brink of calamity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, AC, Papa Mayes, and Immanuel fire up the quantum centrifuge and complete the causal loop for the epic final episode (hopefully) of Watchmen. Striptease monologues and raw egg consumption are discussed as the gang hopes to discover once and for all if they ever had a choice or if they were always going to discuss this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Papa Mayes, Jake, Eden and Anthony Canton III tackle a dense second episode like Alexander the Great and the Gordian Knot. We discuss the HBO recycling program, dive deeper into the graphic novel back story (in particular Hooded Justice), and question just about every single thing that Louis Gosset Jr's character does. This show is showing us it's true face, and we're shamelessly addicted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden and Walter focus on the character of Wade Tillman aka Looking Glass in a somber and mournful episode. A traumatic experience in 1985 has trapped Wade in a tunnel of fear where bats do shit. We learn the Kavalry may not what they appear to be and the location of Adrian Veidt’s prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Mayes, Jake Hoye and Eden Liu have secured their rainbow wristbands to enter Kendall's exclusive treehouse. Together they deconstruct the massive midlife crisis, Roman's bathroom business dealings, Shiv's shoddy dance moves, Tom's drug sequencing, and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Eden, Jake, AC, and Papa Mayes down a bottle of nostalgia and take a deep dive into the past, finally uncovering the true identity of Hooded Justice! One of the most visually stunning television episodes of the year closes out the second act of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, AC3 and Eden catch up on the first few episodes of the sensational Alex Garland show, unraveling the mystery of the first episode and projecting what the past and future of the show might hold using powerful quantum computing on the UCSC campus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake "The Predictor" Hoye and Eden Liu complete a perfect circle for this penultimate episode, taking a leap of faith off the Crystal Springs Dam to get their jobs back. We like the acoustics in here, so we're going to recite obscure poetry and complain about the youths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden and guest Joey Bien-Kahn go on the strangest double date of all time in a complete change of pace this week from Devs. Joey and Mayes, two locals, go deep on the geography of Alex Garland's San Francisco, and Eden breaks down the unlikely relationships emerging in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Eden, AC and Jake explore the never ending branches of the tree of Devs, to the point where time and space are as malleable and unreliable as the puddles where your brain used to be. This show is like enrolling in AP Westworld, think you can pass? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake and Eden take one last crack at determining whether choice is possible in Devs, or if determinism wins out once and for all. We say goodbye to another thrilling show and try to reconstitute the puddle or brains have been left in. Finally, we rate the show and fill in some other ratings from this year in television so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake and AC close out a perfect season of the best ongoing show on television with a tamer episode than they might have expected. Kim and Jimmy have a very strange staycation in downtown Albuquerque while Lalo returns home to Chihuahua with Nacho in tow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake and AC stick the landing on a 25 foot broad jump into a ditch to check for bullet holes in the thrilling penultimate episode of the best show on TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake and AC have to get off the road in a gripping, thrilling episode of television directed by Breaking Bad head honcho Vince Gilligan. We're all in the game now and there's no looking back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes and Jake celebrate the nuptials of our star crossed lovers in another excellent episode of Saul. Mike is back to his old tricks, Gus is reunited with an old friend, and Saul becomes amigo del cartel while gaining a new motto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Mayes, Jake Hoye and Eden Liu take you inside the Room where it Happens as Logan selects the next President. Kendall is having a full on crisis, Tom has eradicated hope, Greg soars on the wings of white power, and Shiv's opinion matters more, but it's Roman who continues to do his finest work in the bathroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake and AC bust out the Superman thing for one of the best episodes of television you will see all year. This show is dialed in just like Kevin getting Saul's phone number stuck in his head. Howie. You know! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake and AC3 hit the halfway point in another stellar episode of Saul. Leaving the drug game on the sidelines yet again, we dive deep into the crisis befalling Mayes' beloved Kim Wexler, as she jeopardizes it all for reasons yet to be fully explained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes and Jake discuss a more intimate and isolated episode that brings our star crossed lawyer lovers Kim and Jimmy closer together and set up one potentially last job together while Jimmy gets revenge on an enemy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake and Anthony Canton III dig a little deeper into the seedy underbelly of Gilligan's Albuquerque as Saul has his first gig for Lalo and encounters fan favorite DEA stooges Hank and Gomez. Mike and Gus are at Rock Bottom, Kim is struggling, and the season continues to set itself up perfectly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Anthony Canton III and Eden Liu return to Albuquerque to slang phones to lowlifes out of a circus tent with the delightful return or our favorite attorney at law in this penultimate season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, Amin and Mayes recap the thrilling finale of The Mandalorian Season Two, address the Jedi in the room and recklessly speculate on what's next. Then (46:38), Amin is joined by Joonas Suotama, who took over the role of Chewbacca starting in The Force Awakens. They discuss Joonas' hoop dreams at Penn State, what the costume is made out of, best moments of Season 2, and Joonas' three favorite characters in the galaxy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amin Elhassan and Anthony Mayes return to discuss Disney's new slate of announced Star Wars projects, as well as the penultimate episode featuring the return of Bill Burr as the wisecracking, sharpshooting Migs Mayfeld. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amin Elhassan and Anthony Mayes return to discuss Boba Fett's badassery, the futility of storm troopers, Grogu's potential embrace of the darkside and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amin Elhassan and Anthony Mayes return to discuss the monumentally important episode that introduces Ahsoka Tano to live action, as well as last week's episode that slipped through the cracks. Then they recklessly speculate on Grogu aka Baby Yoda now that we have a bit more information, leading to an examination of the cinematic universe as a whole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sith Lord Amin Elhassan and his apprentice Anthony Mayes discuss an action and mythology packed episode that charts a course for the rest of Season 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Mayes, Jake Hoye and Eden Liu are volunteering to hold the scepter as the Waystar Shareholder Meeting descends into abject chaos. Greg is suing charities, Tom is tracking Shiv's ovulation, the old men have become belligerent zucchinis, Connor's presidential candidacy is strengthened, and Filibuster Frank gives the speech of his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sith Lord Amin Elhassan resurrects his apprentice Anthony Mayes to discuss easter eggs and plot points from the latest episode, as well as speculation on Yiddie / Baby Yoda's origin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sith Lord Amin Elhassan and his apprentice Anthony Mayes discuss the second season premiere of the Disney + show The Mandalorian. The Marshal evokes a lot of similar western themes explored in the first season while layering countless easter eggs from the galaxy's rich canon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake and Eden double up with the last two episodes of Succession, taking on the highs and lows of the senate trial, a mediterranean cruise fraught with conflict and suspense, and plenty of Greg Sprinkles but unfortunately no actual blood sacrifice. We'll miss the Roys during their hiatus, but come relive the show with us one last time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Jake, Eden and AC celebrate Logan's 50th anniversary in business by performing a rap to a beat cooked up by Squiggle. Shiv is scrambling but manages to be involved in important decisions, Roman proposes to another woman, and Connor slowly bleeds his portfolio by shelling out for overpriced sand. Only two episodes remain in this ridiculous second season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices